Thank you my friend, I appreciate the information, feedback and the kind words.

@Populous I also do not have the after dark expansion. I am using District Service Limit 3.0 mod. I created a district for the prison only and assigned fire and trash collection to the prison district. The prison works perfectly sending the units to police stations in all other districts and collects convicts to transport to the prison. Very nice looking asset as well. Thank You.

zaltocleotl, you made my day and provided great information.... Thanks my friend!

Works great without AD! Watch not to place it inside a district though. It picks up from police and releases after time served. Nice looking asset, not too many MB, and functional. Thanks for the asset!

However we know for sure it works without the districts mod....

I meant to add that I didn't try to figure out whether that change in behavior had anything to do with the districts themselves or with the "Districts" mod.

The district I had plopped the prison into had a police station ... but there were only 2 prisoners in its jail. If the prison sends a pick-up van *only* if it can get a full load (i.e. 3 prisoners), then it would have waited for a third prisoner to be jailed.

Added this to the Features :)

Fantastic and thank you for letting me know how this worked out!

Thanks; it does work. Here's what what my experimenting showed --

When I first placed it (just to observe how it works), nothing happened; it neither sent out vans nor received deliveries from police stations.

While composing the previous note, the I had idea that districts may have some affect. So, I erased the district over (just) the prison, and it *immediately* began sending out vans (*) to pick up prisoners -- both from police stations that were in no district and those that were.

(*) it sent out all 5 simultaneously --- if only the other service buildings would be so active!

After Dark is what actually makes this game worth playing so strongly advise it.... not so much the rest of the DLC's by comparison.

That said, the building came with AD, but the code supporting it came through updates... so I am told... and hence aslo told the building works without AD... if not, please let me know.

You absolutely want to place this outside and away from residential, office and commercial aras, but can be within Industrial or farming areas and will cross districts to within the best the SC code will allow.

Populous -- "Prisons came with After Dark so AD is required for prison to work correctly, otherwise it is just a building."

Mongoose -- "If you don't have After Dark and are struggling with cell overcrowding, this prison works with out it!"

Which is it? (I've plopped this in my city ... so far, I don't see it doing anything)

I don't have any DLC. If this building will work without AD, would placing it be a waste of money, since I don't have an overcrowding problem?

Does the prison send vans to get prisoners from police stations, or do the cop cars deliver the prisoners directly? If the cop takes the prisoner to the prison, does he do that only if his jail is full?

I'm using the "Districts" mod to keep service vehicles from ignoring their own local duties as they drive all the way across the map. If this prison will work without AD, should it be placed outside a district? Would it be able to get or accept prisoners from police stations which are in districts?

You my new friend absolutely made my day. Thank you very much for your kind words.

If you don't have After Dark and are struggling with cell overcrowding, this prison works with out it! I'm impressed by its look and it is completely functional. Perhaps the best asset I've downloaded for Skylines. Awesome work Populous!

Does it work without After Dark? The lights don't.

Why is it now it requires after dark

Good to hear, thank you!

Populous It Works Perfectly Fine

Prisons came with After Dark so AD is required for prison to work correctly, otherwise it is just a building.

No Need DLC For Prisons Lol

Thank you so much картошка and it makes me feel good to know you enjoy it as much as I do.

i loove this so much, been searching for a real prison forever

Thank benzoll very much! "Tenebrous" is a good word for it and one I have not heard in a long time so thank you for that aw well!

Cool prision, and tenebrous, hehe.

This facility is a Level 1 monument built by request and we owe it’s dedication to its curator Vikingr:
http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=623361039

Thanks!

Vikingr... absolutely and a really cool idea!

This looks cool. Would it be possible to make a version of this as a tourist attraction? I'm thinking along the lines of Alcatraz--a historical prison turned into an attraction/museum.

No Dread! Good to hear from you and glad you liked it. Thank you very much!

Exelent! We needed more proper prisons.